The Mount Pisgah Christian Patriots will venture away from home to challenge the Wesleyan Wolves at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Mount Pisgah Christian is looking for their season's first victory.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 35-3, which was the final score in Mount Pisgah Christian's tilt against Mount Vernon on Friday. The contest marked the Patriots' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Even if they lost, Mount Pisgah Christian's defensive line still kept up the pressure with three sacks. George Thompson was especially locked on to Mount Vernon's QB and sacked him twice.
Meanwhile, Wesleyan humbled St. Francis with a 42-3 victory. Given the Wolves' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 159th, while the Knights are ranked 446th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Ben Brown continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 116 yards and three touchdowns, while also rushing for 49 yards and a touchdown. He is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last ten games he's played dating back to last season. Carter Hayes got in on the action too, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Wesleyan was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 213 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted was before the start of last season.
Mount Pisgah Christian's defeat dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Wesleyan, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-1.
Mount Pisgah Christian was taken down by Wesleyan 31-0 in their previous matchup back in August of 2021. Can Mount Pisgah Christian avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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